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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 3, 2018, 12:12 PM CDT for 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 3, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2018, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2018, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
833 WWUS73 KMPX 031712 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1212 PM CDT Wed Oct 3 2018 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... MNZ054-056-064-065-073-074-082-091-040115- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.181003T2100Z-181004T0200Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Redwood-Brown- Watonwan-Martin- Including the cities of Madison, Montevideo, Granite Falls, Olivia, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St James, and Fairmont 1212 PM CDT Wed Oct 3 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to 9 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...southwest winds will shift to the northwest by mid afternoon, and continuing through the evening. * WINDS...northwest sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Loose objects could be blown around, and weakened tree branches that haven't seen strong winds recently could fall. Motorists with high profile vehicles should also use caution. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MNZ067-075>078-083>085-092-093-040115- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.181003T2300Z-181004T0500Z/ Sibley-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Gaylord, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 1212 PM CDT Wed Oct 3 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 6 PM this evening to midnight CDT tonight. * TIMING...southwest winds will shift to the northwest by late afternoon, and continuing through midnight. * WINDS...northwest wind of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Loose objects could be blown around, and weakened tree branches that haven't seen strong winds recently could fall. Motorists with high profile vehicles should also use caution. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 53 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.